AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
Fractal Analytics Makes Weak Public Debut, Shares Decline Over 5% Intra-Day
As of 12:07 PM, Fractal Analytics’ shares were valued at ₹863.75, down 4.03% from the issue price.
Smruthi Nadig ·
AI4Bharat, Josh Talks Benchmark Flags 55% Error Rate for OpenAI in Indian Speech
In Urdu, OpenAI models post a 35.4% word error rate, compared to 6.95% for Sarvam Audio.
Mohit Pandey ·
Cabinet Approves ₹10,000 Cr Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 to Mobilise VCs
The scheme will back deep tech, tech-driven manufacturing, and early-growth startups.
Sanjana Gupta ·
OpenClaw Creator Joins OpenAI to Build Next-Gen AI Agents
OpenClaw will continue to remain open source, even as Sam Altman said, “This will quickly become core to our product offerings.”
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Neysa Secures $1.2 Bn Led by Blackstone to Expand GPU Capacity in India
The funding will support Neysa’s plan to deploy more than 20,000 GPUs in India.
Siddharth Jindal ·
OpenClaw Agent Publishes Hit Piece on Developer After He Rejects Code Change on GitHub
The controversy widened after a report by Ars Technica included quotes attributed to Shambaugh that he says he never wrote.
Mohit Pandey ·
Yotta, Mirror Security Launch Encrypted AI Inference-as-a-Service
This partnership aims to ensure sensitive data remains encrypted in Shakti Cloud.
Smruthi Nadig ·
Capgemini FY25 CC Revenue Up 3.4%; GenAI Deals Account for Over 8% of Bookings
Bookings rise, AI deals scale and WNS acquisition boosts headcount as Capgemini targets faster growth in 2026.
C P Balasubramanyam ·
China’s MiniMax Positions M2.5 as Claude Opus 4.6 Rival, Prices 10% Cheaper
MiniMax released two versions of the foundational model: M2.5 and M2.5-Lightning.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Battery Tech Startup e-TRNL Energy Bags ₹27 Cr to Scale Li-ion Cell Production
e-TRNL Energy’s funding was led by IAN Alpha Fund, with participation from Navam Capital and Anicut.
Prachi Pradhan ·
SoftBank Doubles Down on OpenAI as AI Bets Swell to 60% of Portfolio
SoftBank has tied its fortunes to OpenAI, turning a soaring valuation into billions in paper gains while preparing an even larger wager.
Pallavi Chakravorty ·
Spotify’s Best Engineers No Longer Write Code
Meet “Honk,” the AI system doing it for them.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark for Real-Time Coding, Delivers 1,000 Tokens Per Second
Codex-Spark supports a 1,28,000-token context window and text-only input.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Anthropic Secures $30Bn in Series G at $380Bn Valuation
Anthropic said its annualised revenue run rate has reached $14 billion.
Siddharth Jindal ·
India’s Agnikul Cosmos Enters Race for Data Centres in Space
In partnership with NeevCloud, Agnikul will launch a space-based AI data centre module this year.
Sanjana Gupta ·
US Robotics Co Apptronik Picks Up $520 Mn to Fuel Humanoid Project
This brings Apptronik’s total funding close to nearly $1 billion.
Sanjana Gupta ·
1M1B Launch Green Skills and AI Innovation Centre in Bengaluru
The facility aims to provide students with basic skills on green energy and sustainability, along with AI training.
Novinston Lobo ·
TCS Hosts AI Hackathon for 10,000 Students Ahead of India AI Impact Summit
The initiative saw students from disciplines such as arts, commerce, nursing, agriculture, criminology and law participate.
C P Balasubramanyam ·
Ramco Systems Enters Agentic AI Market With the Launch of Chia
Ramco Systems has launched Chia, an enterprise-grade agentic AI platform designed to automate complex customer support workflows across business systems.
Pallavi Chakravorty ·
CynLr Launches Intelligence Platform, Helps Robots Learn in Seconds
CynLr’s system perceives new objects, builds geometry, and grasps models in real-time.
Sanjana Gupta ·